Senior AI Tools Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance (Lead)

Visionist, Inc.; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employee-owned company

15% retirement contribution (5% 401K +

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer - Tools and Applications to design and deliver AI-powered tools for its government-focused teams. The role emphasizes production-grade software, reliability, and strong customer collaboration.

You will lead a small engineering group, coordinate with analysts and engineers, and advance tooling that supports mission-critical operations on a funded PRIME contract.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (or 4 years of additional experience).
• 12 years of software development experience.
• Expertise in UI/UX principles.
• Mastery of Python.
• Experience with LLMs in code workflows.
• Production software development and maintenance.
• Kubernetes/Helm experience.
• SRE best practices for production systems.
• Docker and containerization.
• Willingness to lead and mentor junior developers.
• Strong communication and learning agility.
• Familiar with AWS or other cloud providers.
• Familiar with Argo CD and CI/CD frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality AI tools and applications for workforce use.
• Ensure availability, performance, and security of AI tools.
• Modify FOSS to fit customer use cases.
• Engage with customers to elicit requirements and craft solutions.
• Maintain existing customer-facing infrastructure and services.
• Lead AI Tools and Applications initiatives across teams.
• Provide coaching and feedback to team members.
• Act as POC for contract administration functions.
• Tackle ambiguity and define solutions for complex systems.
• Establish technical policies, standards, and governance.
• Drive adoption of new technologies across engineering teams.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services.
• Ensure availability, reliability, and security of components.
• Communicate with stakeholders at multiple levels.

Skills

UI/UX principles

Python

LLMs

Team leadership

Cloud services

Communication

Ambiguity mastery

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Docker

Argo CD

CI/CD frameworks

AWS

Job description

Visionist, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer - Tools and Applications to design and deliver AI-powered tools for its government-focused teams. The role emphasizes production-grade software, reliability, and strong customer collaboration.

You will lead a small engineering group, coordinate with analysts and engineers, and advance tooling that supports mission-critical operations on a funded PRIME contract.